AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, MAY 24, 2004 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:

- Branko Orvenkovski, president of the Republic of Macedonia, accompanied by his wife and an entourage.

- Three prelates from the United States Catholic Bishops' Conference (Region VII) on their "ad limina" visit:

- Bishop Wilton Daniel Gregory of Belleville.

- Bishop Joseph Leopold Imesch of Joliet in Illinois, accompanied by Bishop Roger Louis Kaffer, former auxiliary of the same diocese.

- Oghnjan Gerdjikov, president of Parliament in Bulgaria, accompanied by his wife and an entourage.

On Saturday May 22, the Holy Father received in separate audiences:

- Archbishop Raul Nicolau Gonsalvez, emeritus of Goa and Damao, India.

- Four prelates from the United States Catholic Bishops' Conference (Region VII) on their "ad limina" visit:

- Bishop James Anthony Tamayo of Laredo.

- Bishop Placido Rodriguez, C.M.F. of Lubbock.

- Bishop Alvaro Corrada del Río, S.J. of Tyler.

- Bishop David Eugene Fellhauer of Victoria in Texas.

- Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.
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